Definitions for fisherman

fisherman fish·er·man

Spelling: [fish-er-muh n]
IPA: /ˈfɪʃ ər mən/

Fisherman is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 635 anagrams from letters in fisherman (aefhimnrs).

Definitions for fisherman

noun

  1. a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
  2. a ship used in fishing.

adjective

  1. Also, fisherman's. of, relating to, or designating a knitting pattern consisting primarily of cable-stitches executed in a characteristically thick, traditionally off-white yarn, or a garment made in this pattern and yarn:

Origin of fisherman

1400-50; late Middle English fissherman; see fisher, -man

Examples for fisherman

Gemma Hardy is the orphaned daughter of a Scottish woman and an Icelandic fisherman.

This fisherman, I am glad to tell you, was an exceedingly humane and upright man.

Bald and laconic, it starts out from the image of the fisherman harvesting the river for food.

I was not long in making a bargain with a fisherman to aid in catching shad.

The fisherman had indeed seen Lambert's boat, which was well known.

He worked unstable jobs as a fisherman and a construction worker before he entered the piracy business.

A fisherman's boy in a boat rowed slowly along by their side.

This fall, its rocket fire on Israel appears to have won greater freedom of movement for Gazan farmers and fisherman.

My pride was touched, and I agreed to go, leaving my fisherman in the lurch.

Find a fisherman to take you out on the water at dusk to watch the natural pyrotechnics at their bellowing best.

Word Value for fisherman
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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